Reusing Cardboard for Packaging Boxes with a Computational Design System

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Kazuki Koyama, Koya Narumi, Ken Takaki, Yasushi Kawase, Ari Hautasaari, Yoshihiro Kawahara

Published: 01 Jan 2023, Last Modified: 04 Nov 2025UIST (Adjunct Volume) 2023EveryoneRevisionsBibTeXCC BY-SA 4.0
Abstract: We propose a computational design system for packaging boxes, which enables reconstruction of cardboard into packaging structures that precisely fit the size of the objects to be shipped. Given a 3D model of the object and the structure of the cardboard to be reused, our system suggests the optimal net of a new box, which only requires minimum cuts and folds for fabrication by leveraging the edges of the input cardboard. To achieve this, we implemented a GUI visualizing the input models and the optimal net computed by our optimization algorithm. As a demonstration, we showed three design examples, with evaluation results of our method for reducing the length of cuts and folds.